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Restaurants and cafes in Crawford County, AR
The restaurants and cafes in Crawford County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #763 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 179
- 76 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- +23.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77.9M
- On food away from home · $3,337 a household
- Spending per listing
- $435K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 76.6
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,657
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 179 restaurants and cafes in Crawford County. 76 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 76.6 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Crawford County comes to about $77.9M a year: $3,337 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 179 restaurants and cafes, that is $435K per restaurant, 17% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crawford County was 85 in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. That is one for every 275 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crawford County.
Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Crawford County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #763 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Crawford County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Crawford County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 76.6 | 98.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $435K | $345K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 275 | 238 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.2% | +8.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,337 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,132 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 69 → 85+23.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,522
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17976 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 210The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crawford County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,657+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 23,357
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 103
- Median household income
- $64,132+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,026
- Median home value
- $182,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,875
- Daytime population
- 56,330Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 80 | 35 | 54.2 | $594K | +11.2% | #135 of 2,405 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 79 | 347 | 69.1 | $549K | +7.6% | #153 of 2,405 |
| 3Perry County, AR | 78 | 15 | 36.6 | $895K | +3.1% | #164 of 2,405 |
| 4Grant County, AR | 77 | 45 | 64.5 | $552K | +4.1% | #198 of 2,405 |
| 5Marion County, AR | 73 | 34 | 44.4 | $663K | +4.3% | #286 of 2,405 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 72 | 214 | 74.9 | $486K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 71 | 22 | 46.2 | $606K | +3.7% | #362 of 2,405 |
| 8Hot Spring County, AR | 65 | 67 | 54.4 | $577K | +1.1% | #536 of 2,405 |
| 9Benton County, AR | 65 | 1,238 | 110.6 | $391K | +16.0% | #579 of 2,405 |
| 10Logan County, AR | 63 | 61 | 71.6 | $460K | +2.5% | #631 of 2,405 |
| 11Crawford County, AR | 60 | 179 | 76.6 | $435K | +4.1% | #763 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Crawford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops64
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Crawford County, AR?
Crawford County has 179 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 76 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crawford County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $77.9M a year, or $3,337 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 179 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $435K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,357 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, AR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Crawford County has 76.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $435K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Crawford County would have about 210, against 179 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 275 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Crawford County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 62,657 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,357 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $64,132 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Crawford County scores 60 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #763 of 2,405 scored counties.
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